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competitions this season to 31 by scoring in a drawn Serie A match against Brescia at the weekend.
The Cameroon striker and captain, who turned 30 last week and opened his official website, put the defending champions ahead on 18 minutes by showing all his predatory instincts to poke home a cross from close range. African goals were scarce across Europe with Senegalese Moussa Sow and Gabonese Eric Mouloungui on target in the French Ligue 1 and Moroccan Mehdi Benatia among the Serie A scorers.
ENGLAND
YAYA TOURE (Man City): The Cote d’lvoire midfielder helped his side beat Reading 1-0 in the FA Cup quarter-finals to set up a semi-final clash with Manchester United at Wembley. Toure played the full 90 minutes at Eastlands as City finally saw off their Championship opponents thanks to a Micah Richards header which clinched City’s first FA Cup semi-final place since 1981.
MAROUANE CHAMAKH (Arsenal): The Morocco striker came on as a 59th-minute substitute against Manchester United but couldn’t prevent the Gunners slumping to a 2-0 defeat in an FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford. Chamakh, who replaced Denilson, almost got a goal back for Arsenal but his header from Bacary Sagna’s cross was brilliantly saved by Edwin van der Sar. VICTOR OBINNA (West Ham): The Nigerian striker was substituted in the 68th minute as West Ham crashed out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 quarter-final defeat at Stoke. Obinna, on loan from Inter Milan, was close to equalising for West Ham in the 67th minute when his shot was pushed away by Thomas Sorensen.
FRANCE
MOUSSA SOW (Lille): The Senegalese striker was guilty of a horrendous miss in the 22nd minute of his side’s game at home to local rivals Valenciennes, spooning the ball high over the crossbar from 12 yards despite a clear sight of goal. He atoned six minutes before half-time, however, with a deflected shot from the edge of the box that flew into the top-left corner. It was his 18th league goal of the campaign and laid the foundations for a 2-1 win that sent Lille three points clear at the summit. – AFP.